Boom Supersonic has unveiled its new flight deck for Overture which builds upon years of learning in aviation safety and extensive feedback from airline, business and military pilots.
“Passengers and airlines are hungry for supersonic flight,” said Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic. “Following XB-1’s successful test flight, we’re accelerating. Overture features an all-new flight deck, incorporating extensive pilot feedback, resulting in a flying experience that is both innovative and instantly familiar. Our Symphony engine has quickly progressed through design into hardware rig testing, and with a fully operational engine core on track for next year, our rapid development approach is pacing ahead of schedule.”
Boom has announced that ATI had joined the Symphony programme and Universal Avionics is coming onboard to support Honeywell on Overture’s flight deck. Boom says it also worked with BAE Systems to integrate Active Control Sidesticks into the Overture flight deck simulator displayed at the Farnborough International Airshow.
Overture’s flight deck is anchored by the Honeywell Anthem avionics suite and combines state-of-the-art technologies with safety-enhancing features. Force-feedback sidesticks allow pilots to control the plane while physically feeling both aircraft response and inputs made by the co-pilot or autopilot.
According to Boom, Overture has an advanced augmented reality vision system for takeoff and pilots can safely land using autoland or augmented reality views provided on a headworn device and on the pilot’s primary flight display.
Over-the-air software upgrades are enabled, ensuring new features and improvements will arrive regularly. Airlines can control how upgrades are rolled out across fleets.
For takeoff and landing, Boom says that Overture pilots will use Universal Avionics’ SkyLens II head-worn device, which integrates multiple camera views (synthetic and natural vision) together with key flight data to provide a centralised view of all essential information.
“We are excited to enter into this partnership with Boom Supersonic, bringing years of innovation in Enhanced Flight Vision Systems to Overture,” said Dror Yahav, Chief Executive Officer at Universal Avionics.
“Driven by the need for supersonic travel, the unique shape of this aircraft and advanced operations benefit from the full breadth of ClearVision, from the latest generation of Head-Wearable Displays to certified image fusion and augmented reality applications.”
